Dr. Howard Rosenthal's
POPULAR ABBREVIATIONS AND
ACRONYMS USED IN COUNSELING AND HUMAN SERVICE WORK
| AA | Alcoholics
Anonymous/Associate of Arts Degree |
| AAC | Association for Assessment in Counseling (ACA Division) |
| AACD | American Association of Counseling and Development; now called (ACA) American |
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Counseling Association |
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AADA |
Association for Adult Development and Aging
(ACA Division) |
| AAMD | American Association
on Mental Deficiency |
| AAMFT | American Association
of Marriage and Family Therapy |
| AAS | American Association of Suicidology/Associate of Applied Science Degree |
| AASSBW | American Association of State Social Work Boards |
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AB/ABAB |
A research design using a single subject where
A = a baseline measure and B = |
| | treatment. |
| A. B. | Bachelor of Arts |
| A-B-C | Theory of personality
for (RET) Rational-Emotive Therapy in which A = an |
| | activating event; B = the client's belief system; and C = an emotional consequence. |
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D can be added as an attempt to "dispute"
B and E as a new "emotional" |
| | consequence. |
| ABD | All but dissertation (For person working on doctorate) |
| ACA | American Counseling Association/Adult Children of Alcoholics |
| ACCA | American College Counseling Association (ACA Division) |
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ACES |
Association for Counselor Education and Supervision
(ACA Division) |
| ACOA | Adult Children
of Alcoholics |
| ACPA | American College
Personnel Association |
| ACSW | Academy of Certified
Social Workers |
| ADC | Aid To Dependent
Children (Public Assistance) _ |
| ADD | Attention Deficit Disorder (Differential Diagnosis) |
| ADHD | Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (Differential Diagnosis) |
| AFDC |
Aid To Families With Dependent Children |
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AGC |
Advanced Graduate Certificate
(Usually masters plus 30 hours) . |
| AHEAD | Association for Humanistic Education and Development (ACA Division) |
| AIDS | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMA | American Medical Association . |
| AMCD | Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development (ACA Division) |
| AMCHA | American Mental Health Counselors Association (ACA Division) |
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ANCOVA |
Analysis of Covariance (Statistics) |
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ANOVA |
Analysis of Variance (Statistics) |
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ANS |
Autonomic Nervous System |
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AOJ |
Administration of Justice |
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APA |
American Psychological Association/ American
Psychiatric Association/ American |
| | Psychoanalytic Association |
APGA
American Personnel and Guidance Association later called AACD and currently the ACA
ARC
AIDS-Related Complex/Pre-AIDS Condition
ARCA American
Rehabilitation. Counseling Association (ACA Division)
ARVIC
Association for Religious And Value Issues in Counseling (ACA Division)
AS
Associate of Science Degree
ASCA American
School Counselor Association (ACA Division) _
ASGW
Association for Specialists in Group Work (ACA Division)
ASHA
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
AT
Assertiveness Training (Behavior Therapy) -,
B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
BASIC
ID Acronym for Behaviors, Affective Processes, Sensations, Images,
Cognitions, Interpersonal Relationships, and Drug/Biological Functions (Arnold Lazarus, Multimodal therapy)
BD
Behavior Disorder
BITCH Black
Intelligence Test of Cultural Homogeneity
B.S.
Bachelor of Science
BSN
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
BSW
Bachelor of Social Work
CA
Chronological Age (Testing)/Case Aide
CAC
Certified Alcoholism Counselor
CACREP Council for
the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Programs
CBT
Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
CCC-AUD Certificate
of Clinical Competence in Audiology
CCC-SLP Certificate
of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology
CCMHC
Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor
CD
Chemical Dependency/Chemically Dependent
CDC
Citizen Deputy Juvenile Officer
CEO
Chief Executive Officer
CI
Crisis Intervention/Person administering Crisis Intervention
CIDS
Career Information Delivery System
CM
Case manager/ Clinical Modification (e.g., ICD-9CM)
CNS
Central Nervous System
CODA Codependents
Anonymous
cps
Cycles Per Second (audiology/physiological psychology)
CPT
Physician's Current Procedural Terminology (Treatment codes for insurance superbills including mental health services)
CRC
Certified Rehabilitation Counselor
CR
Conditioned Response (Behaviorism)
CRCC
The Commission on Rehabilitation Counselor Certification (Confers CRC)
Cs
Conscious Mind
CS
Conditioned Stimulus (Behaviorism)
.
CSAC Certified Substance
Abuse Counselor
CR
Conditioned Response (Behaviorism)/Consciousness Raising
CW
Caseworker/Crisis Worker/Court Worker -
DAP
Draw-a-Person Test (Projective measure)
DAT
Differential Aptitude Test (Test to
help students plan whether or not to go to college)
| DD | Developmentally Disabled |
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df |
Degrees of Freedom (Statistics) |
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DRO |
Differential Reinforcement Other Behavior
(Behavior Modification) |
| CTS | Contractual Treatment Services |
| DCFS | Division of Children and Family Services (State agency) |
| DFS | Division of Family Services (State agency) |
| DJO | Deputy Juvenile Officer |
| D.O. | Doctor of Osteopathy (Possibly a psychiatrist) |
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DOT |
Dictionary of Occupational Titles, U.S.
Department of Labor . |
| DSM | Diagnostic
and Statistical Manual of the American Psychiatric Association |
| DUI | Driving While Under The Influence (Law enforcement/Chemical Dependency) |
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DSW |
Doctor of Social Work |
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DTs |
Delirium Tremens, alcohol withdrawal |
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DV |
Dependent Variable (Research) |
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DWI |
Driving While Intoxicated |
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DYS |
Division of Youth Services (State agency) |
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EA |
Emotions Anonymous |
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EAP |
Employee Assistance Program |
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ECT |
Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy |
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Ed.D. |
Doctor of Education |
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Ed.M. |
Master of Education Degree |
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Ed.S. |
Educational Specialists Certificate, generally
a masters plus 30 hours. |
| EEG | Electroencephalogram (Brain wave biofeedback) |
| EEOC | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
| EMG | Electromyogram (Muscle related biofeedback) |
| EPPP | Examination for Professional Practice in Psychology (US/Canadian Province Licensing |
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Test) |
| ER | Emergency Room (Hospital/Psychiatric Hospital) |
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ERIC |
Educational Resources Information Service
(For completing bibliography search) |
| EST | Erhardt Seminar Training (pop-psychology seminar now called Forum; slang for |
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Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy) |
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FAE |
Fetal Alcohol Effects |
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FAS |
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome |
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FC |
Foster Care |
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FCW |
Foster Care Worker |
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FS |
Food Stamps |
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FSW |
Food Stamp Worker |
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GAF |
Global Assessment of Functioning Scale
(DSM) |
| GATB | General
Aptitude Test Battery (Test given via U.S. Employment Service) |
| GOE | Guide To Occupational Exploration (Supplement to DOT) |
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GRE |
Graduate Record Examination (Entrance exam
for graduate school) |
| GSR | Galvanic
Skin Response (skin resistance biofeedback) |
| GR | General Relief (Public Assistance) |
| GZTS | Guilford-Zimmerman Temperament Survey (nonclinical description of personality and |
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temperament) |
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Ho |
Null Hypothesis (Research) |
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H1 |
Experimental Hypothesis (Research) |
HIV | Virus assumed to be positively correlated with AIDS |
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HMO
Health Management Organization (Insurance)
HRD
Human Resource Development (Industry
and EAP counseling)
Hz
Hertz frequency, cycles per second (audiology/physiological psychology)
IAAOC
International Association of Addictions and Offender Counselors (ACA Division)
IAMFC
International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors (ACA Division)
ICD
International Classification of Disease, World Health Organization & U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
(Diagnosis)
IEP
Individualized Educational Program
IMW
Income Maintenance Worker (Public Assistance)
I/O
Industrial Organizational Psychology
IP
Identified Patient
IQ
Intelligence Quotient; score produced by intelligence test; or literal meaning Is Mental. Age/Chronological Age x 100
on Stanford-Binet IQ tests administered prior to 1986
I&R
Information and Referral
IV
Independent Variable (Research)
JD
Juvenile Delinquent/ Juvenile Delinquency .
J. D.
Doctor of Laws/ Doctor of Jurisprudence
KOIS
Kuder Occupational Interest Survey (Career Counseling Test for l lth grade through adulthood)
LCSW
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
LD
Learning Disorder
LFT Low
Frustration Tolerance (Cognitive therapy)
LL.B.
Bachelor of Laws
LL.M. Master of Laws
LL. D.
Doctor of Laws
LPC Licensed
Professional Counselor
LPN Licensed
Practical Nurse
LSD/LSD-25 Lysergic Acid and Diethylamide (Chemical dependency)
M
Arithmetic mean (Average)
MA
Master of Arts Degree/Mental Age (Testing)
MANOVA
Research in which the analysis of variance (ANOVA) examines two or more dependent variables (DVs)
MAT
Millers Analogies Test (Entrance Exam for graduate school)
MBTI
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (used for testing personality types and preferences) Md/Mdn
Median (middle of distribution when data are rank-ordered)
MD
Doctor of Medicine
MECA Military Educators
and Counselors Association (ACA Organizational Affiliate)
M.Ed.
Master of Education
MHA
Mental Health Association
MHC
Mental Health Center
MMPI/MMPI-2 Minnesota
Multiphasic Personality Inventory (Personality Testing)
MMR
Mild Mental Retardation (IQ, 50-55 to approx. 70)/Moderate Mental Retardation (IQ, 35-40 TO 50-55)
-Mo
Mode (Most common score or category)'
MPD
Multiple Personality Disorder (Differential
Diagnosis)
MR
Mental Retardation/Mentally Retarded
MRI
Magnetic Resonance Imaging (brain dysfunction test)
MS
Master of Science Degree
| MSN |
Master of Science in
Nursing |
| MSW |
Master of Social Work |
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N = |
Number of subjects in a research design |
|
N
= 1 |
Also called "intensive
design", a single subject is the study of a research project. |
| NA | Narcotics Anonymous |
| NBCC | National Board of Certified Counselors (Confers counseling certification) |
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NCC |
National Certified Counselor |
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NCCC |
National Certified Career Counselor |
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NCCE |
National Career Counselor Examination (For securing
NCCC credentials) |
| NCDA | National Career
Development Association (ACA Division) |
| NCE | National
Counselor Examination (Certification/licensing test) |
| NCGC | National Certified Gerontological Counselor |
| NCSC | National Certified School Counselor |
| NEC | Not elsewhere classifiable (Used in ICD diagnosis) |
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NECA |
National Employment Counseling Association (ACA
Division) |
| NIH | National
Institute of Health |
| NIMH | National Institute
of Mental Health |
| NOS | Not otherwise specified (Used in DSM diagnosis) |
| OA | Overeaters Anonymous |
| OOH | Occupational
Outlook Handbook, U.S. Department of Labor |
| OT | Occupational
Therapy/ Occupational Therapist |
| P-A-C | Parent,
Adult, Child (Structural ego states proposed by [TA] Transactional Analysis) |
| Pcs | Preconscious Mind |
| PDI | Professional Development Institutes |
| PDR | Physician's Desk Reference (Lists and describes medicinals and side effects) |
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Ph.D. |
Doctor of Philosophy Degree |
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PKU |
Phenylketon (inborn childhood metabolic error resulting
in mental retardation) |
| PMR |
Profound Mental Retardation
(IQ, Below 20 or 25) |
| PR |
Public Relations/ Publicity
Release |
| Psych | psychology/psychiatry
(e.g., psych ward) |
| Psy.D. | Doctor of Psychology
Degree |
| PTSD | Post Traumatic
Stress Disorder |
| Q |
Quartile/Quartile Range
(Statistics) |
| QMRP | Qualified Mental
Retardation Professional |
| R | Product-Moment
Correlation Coefficient (Statistics) |
| R | Revised
(e.g., WAISC-R, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale Revised) |
| RBT | Rational-Behavior Therapy (Maxie Maultsby) |
| REM | Rapid Eye Movement (Sleep/Dreams) |
| RET | Rational-Emotive Therapy (Albert Ellis) |
| rho | Spearman Rank Order Correlation (Statistics) |
| RI |
Rational-Imagery (Used for RET/RBT) |
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RIASEC |
Acronym for John Holland's six personality/work
environment types: Realistic, |
| | Investigative, Artistic,Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. |
| Rt | Tetrachoric Correlation (Statistics) |
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RT |
Recreational Therapy/Recreational Therapist/ Rational
Psychotherapy now called RET/ |
| | Reality
Therapy (William Glasser)/Reaction Time (Physiological psychology) |
| Rx | Prescription/Treatment Recommendations |
| SAS | Standard Age Score (Testing) |
| SAT | Scholastic
Aptitude Test (test used to estimate student's academic success in college) |
| SCII/SVII | Strong-Campbell Vocational Interest Inventory (Career Counseling Test) |
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SD |
Standard Deviation (Statistics) |
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SDS |
John Holland's Self-Directed Search (Self-administered
and scored career counseling |
| | measure) |
| SE | Standard
Error (testing) |
| SIC | Standard
Industrial Classification Manual |
| SIGI | System
of Interactive Guidance and Information (Computer career information system) |
| 16PF | Sixteen Personality Factor Questionnaire (emphasizes identifying academic, emotional |
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and social problems) |
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SMR |
Severe Mental Retardation (IQ, 20-25 to 35-40) |
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SOC |
Standard Occupational Classification Manual |
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SOICCS |
Standard Occupational Information Coordinating
Committees |
| SPSS | Statistical
Package for the Social Sciences (popular computer software for statistics) |
| S-R | Stimulus-Response (Learning theory) |
| SS | Social Services/Social Security |
| SSI | Supplemental Security Income . |
| SSS | Social Support Systems (Social Work) |
| Stanine | Standard nine; a statistical measure created by the Air Force to describe 1/9th of a |
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distribution with single integers (Statistics) |
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SSW |
Social Service Worker |
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STD |
Sexually Transmitted Disease |
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SUDS |
Subjective Units of Distress (Systematic Desensitization,
Joseph Wolpe) |
| SVII | Strong Vocational
Interest Inventory (Interest inventory based on Holland's Theory |
| SW | Social Worker/Service Worker |
| T | Training (e.g., T-Group)/ Transformed Score utilizing no negative integers with
mean |
| | of
50 and SD of 10 (Statistics)/T type is an individual with eidetic imagery clear |
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enough to be a photographic memory |
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TA |
Transactional Analysis (Eric Berne) |
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TAT |
Thematic Apperception Test (Projective Personality
Test) |
| TDD |
Telecommunications Device
for the Deaf (audiology/special education) |
| TTY | Teletypewriter (A machine on which messages are typed and transmitted by phone) |
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Ucs |
Unconscious Mind |
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UCS |
Unconditioned Stimulus (Behaviorism) |
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UCR/UR |
Unconditioned Response (Behaviorism) |
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WAIS |
Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (IQ test for
adults 16 and older) |
| WISC | Wechsler
Intelligence Scale for Children (IQ test for children ages 6 to 16) |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WPPSI | Wechsler Preschool Primary Scale of Intelligence (IQ test for children ages 4 to 6 1/2) |
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WRAT |
Wide Range Achievement Test |
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x |
horizontal axis on graph known as the abscissa
often used to depict (IV) independent |
| | variable (Statistics) |
| y | vertical axis on graph that often depicts (DV) dependent variable. Known as the |
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ordinate. (Statistics) |
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Z |
A score that is numerically identical to the standard
deviation (Statistics) |
Dr. Howard G. Rosenthal, General Guidance Group, copyright 2008
